Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33 C, 30 M, 32 S, 35 R, 36 E
SAT II: Didn’t send
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4), AP Language & Composition (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government & Politics, AP Literature & Composition, AP Computer Science A, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics, Honours Philosophy & Ethics, Music Appreciation
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’ve won some piano competitions, but I’m not sure that’s a major award.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of Tae Kwon Do (instructor), 12 years of music, 4 years of dance
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 3 hours per week teaching Tae Kwon Do (I volunteer and I’m not paid, so), 6 hours at the beginning of the month working with the Surf Rider Foundation
Summer Activities: Tae Kwon Do, CTY at John Hopkins University
Essays: I’m not entirely sure? I had a couple friends and teachers look at it and they all thought that it was good.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t get to see it, but I think they were good?
Counselor Rec: Again, didn’t get to see it.
Additional Rec: Didn’t get to see it, but probably really good since it was from my Tae Kwon Do instructors.
Common App Essay: I thought it was good? I wrote about growing up in the middle of nowhere and how it affected me.
UR Supplement Essay: I think that it was okay over all. It had a nice message and some colourful language. The only detriments were that it was awkwardly worded in a few places.
Interview: No
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US of A (but y’know, N/A)
School Type: Private online school
Ethnicity: White as this page, but I think I put “prefer not to say” on my app.
Income Bracket: $80,000-$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student, female interested in engineering
Reflection:
Strengths: Probably my course load, grades, and maybe essays and test scores?
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Well, kind of unintentional, but my common app essay was about how I’ve grown up in a pretty isolated environment (living an hour and a half from civilisation kind of does that to you) but my supplemental essay talked about how I was looking forward to the opportunities I would get at U of R and the people I would end up meeting. So I think it might of had a “This is how I grew up and now I want to explore the world” feel to it.
Weaknesses: My math score is pretty bad and I don’t have anything significant in awards.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well, my test scores do put me above the median and I think my essays were decent enough.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Cal Poly - SLO; Deferred: Princeton SCEA (still crossing my fingers); Rejected: University of Washington - St. Louis
Notes: So happy to be accepted! 